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The Council of Europe Congress, promoter of human rights implementation at local and regional level

The Council of Europe Congress, promoter of human rights implementation at local and regional level[26/03/2014]

The Congress held a debate on best practices in implementing human rights at local and regional level on 25 March 2014. In the resolution adopted, the Congress proposes the organisation of a human rights forum, with the participation of elected local and regional representatives, to facilitate the exchange of experiences. It also invites its Monitoring Committee to pursue its activities aimed at raising awareness in the human rights field, particularly on its monitoring visits to Council of Europe member States. The accompanying report prepared by Lars O. Molin (Sweden, EPP/CCE) underlines the complementary role played by the Congress in promoting human rights, in cooperation with other Council of Europe organs and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.